Bonneville To Topline 3D “Captain Nemo”

The story serves as a pseudo sequel to Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” and finds Captain Nemo joining forces with President Ulysses Grant to battle an evil genius who is causing naval disasters.

Pearry Teo will direct the project which begins filming in Beijing this August. Illuminate Hollywood will handle the 3D visual effects while Mark Rudnitksy and Amy Krell are producing.

Bonneville’s long resume stretches back two decades and includes the likes of “Lost in Austen,” “Married for Life,” “Tipping the Velvet,” “The Robinsons,” “Bonekickers,” “Courting Alex,” “Five Days” and films like “Notting Hill,” “Mansfield Park,” “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Iris,” “Glorious 39” and “Burke and Hare”. He currently stars in “Downton Abbey” and played a pirate captain in last week’s episode of “Doctor Who”.